Gen. Abdul Raziq’s own guards could not protect him from being gunned down in broad daylight by the Taliban inside the governor’s heavily protected compound.

Gen. Abdul Raziq, Kandahar’s provincial police chief, pictured in 2012, was gunned down by a Taliban fighter on Oct. 18. Tech. Sgt. Renee Crisostomo photograph courtesy of the U.S. Air Force

OTTAWA—On Oct. 18, there was a brazen attack in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. General Abdul Raziq Achakzai, the provincial police chief, and local Afghan intelligence commander Gen. Abdul Momin were gunned down in cold blood by a Taliban extremist.

Democracy, Terrorism and Killer Robots: Embassy News covers the 2015 Halifax International Security ForumThe Halifax International Security Forum is one of the world’s biggest gatherings of defence and security leaders.

Unless Trudeau plans to be out on these streets, fighting against police brutality or in cabinet drafting legislation to curb police powers, his, and all the other white voices of his ilk, have no merit here.

'I do agree that things need to be implemented as quickly as possible. We could've done this a lot sooner. The good news is that we’re doing it now and announcing it today,' says Transport Minister Marc Garneau.